DEPLUMES

Verb

deplumes

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of deplume

Source: Wiktionary


DEPLUME

De*plume", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Deplumed; p. pr. & vb. n. Depluming.] Etym: [LL. deplumare; L. de- + plumare to cover with feathers, pluma feather: cf. deplumis featherless, and F. déplumer.]

1. To strip or pluck off the feather of; to deprive of of plumage. On the depluming of the pope every bird had his own feather. Fuller.

2. To lay bare; to expose. The exposure and depluming of the leading humbugs of the age. De Quincey.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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